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Lost Pines Habitat Conservation Plan
for Bastrop County, Texas and Preliminary Draft Environmental
Assessment Plan for the Houston Toad
Loomis Partners assisted Bastrop County with the preparation of a
Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and Preliminary Draft Environmental
Assessment for the Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis). The
large-scale, programmatic HCP supports an application by Bastrop
County for the issuance of a Section 10 permit under the Endangered
Species Act.
The plan incorporates an innovative set of locally-developed
conservation solutions that help protect the Houston toad in a
manner consistent with the values and resources of the local
community. Prominent features of the conservation program include
guidelines for conservation subdivision development and land
management activities, a private landowner grant program, a
coordinated biological monitoring program, and public education and
outreach.
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